Contributions

  • Gene Roddenberry - Creator

Publication

1968 - Ballantine Books, New York, USA, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

103,500 words, Guess

Page Count

414 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivemakingofstartrek00whit
  • ISBN-100345340191
  • ISBN-139780345340191
  • Goodreads77759
  • LibraryThing31317
and 2 more

Description

> **The Biography of the Leading Science Fiction TV Program** > > STAR TREK! The long, hard battle of television's first tentative step > toward adult science fiction, with the complete story of how the *U.S.S. > Enterprise* was designed, her weaponry, equipment and power > resources, the original concept behind the show, how the continuity is > maintained, backgrounds of the characters, biographies of the stars, > and pictures, diagrams, illustrations -- the whole authentic history. Although Gene Roddenberry is listed as a co-author, the book was written by Whitfield. Roddenberry's only contribution seems to be the lyrics to the Star Trek Theme on page 7.

Excerpt

When the first screening was over, the general reaction from the people in the room was, "This is the most fantastic thing we've ever seen."

Subjects

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  • The Making of Star TrekPaperbackBallantine Books1968-01-01

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